The Odyssey

Question 1

Old dog that died after recognizing Odysseus’ return home

Answer 1

Argos

Question 2

Goddess that loved Odysseus for his wily and shrewd mind; appeared to Telemachus as Mentor

Answer 2

Athena

Question 3

Sea nymph that kept Odysseus on her island until Zeus ordered her to let him go

Answer 3

Calypso

Question 4

Powerful witch that turned Odysseus men into swine

Answer 4

Circe

Question 5

Swineherd of Odysseus that helped him when he returned to Ithaca

Answer 5

Eumaeus

Question 6

Maid that raised Odysseus and recognized him on his return because of his scar

Answer 6

Eurycleia

Question 7

aided Telemachus on his travels to Nestor and Menelaus

Answer 7

Mentor

Question 8

Princess of the Phaeacians that aided Odysseus

Answer 8

Nausicca

Question 9

Wisest of the Greek chiefs who sent Telemachus to Sparta to find news of his father

Answer 9

Nestor

Question 10

Great hero who spent ten years trying to return home from Troy

Answer 10

Odysseus

Question 11

faithful wife of Odysseus who fooled her suitors by unweaving each night the fabric she wove during the day

Answer 11

Penelope

Question 12

Son of Poseidon that ate six of Odysseus men before Odysseus blinded his one eye with a stake

Answer 12

Polyphemus

Question 13

the whirlpool where Odyssseus lost six of his men before Athena guided him through

Answer 13

Scylla and Charybdis

Question 14

creatures (possibly mermaids other stories say birds with human heads) that lured men to thier deaths on the rocks with their song

Answer 14

Sirens

Question 15

son of Odysseus that sought information about him in Sparta; he also helped Odysseus to kill the suitors on his return home

Answer 15

Telemachus

Question 16

prophet that Odysseus met in Hades to seek information on how to return home

Answer 16

Tereisias